Then I think they'd still go to E3 to show off new gameplay of the 2019 exclusives - but maybe you're right, going to E3 must be expensive and if all they can show is old stuff then why bother

I think it's likely that most first party studios are now working on PS5 games which cannot be shown until the PS5 announcement, and so that means Sony doesn't have many new games it can actually show off. They have some great existing games that will be released in 2019, but anything afterwards they can't talk about yet as that's PS5 territory

Now I'm wondering if MS will even show up as they won't have much to show either if the Xbox One 2 is coming in the next 1 or 2 years - well I mean, not having anything to show hasn't stopped them in the past turning up anyway, but they won't be able to talk about a new forza or a new halo etc until the Xbox 2 announcement date